‘Tis the season: with just about two weeks to go until the winners of the 2013 Nobel prizes are announced, speculation about who will win and who will get snubbed is once again brewing. Thomson Reuters — the firm that maintains the Journal Citation Index — released its predictions today based on, of course, citations.
Anyone who takes issue with the disproportionate attention paid to Nobel prizes or citation counts might want to look away now.
Among the noteworthy names on Thomson Reuters’ list are François Englert and Peter Higgs for their prediction of the Brout–Englert–Higgs particle in physics. In medicine, the list is topped by Adrian Bird, Howard Cedar and Aharon Razin for their discoveries in DNA methylation and gene expression. Chemists on the list include M. G. Finn, Valery Fokin and Barry Sharpless for the development of modular click chemistry.
Thomson Reuters’ full list below names multiple teams tipped each for prize. Since this forecast first began in 2002, 27 of those researchers have eventually gone on to win a Nobel.
If this all seems worthy of some (fake) money, the Nobel Exchange run by the science magazine Nautilus is open for speculation.
Chemistry:
For contributions to DNA nanotechnology: Paul Alivisatos, Chad Mirkin and Nadrian Seeman
For the invention of the Ames test of mutagenicity: Bruce Ames
For the development of modular click chemistry: M. G. Finn, Valery Fokin and Barry Sharpless
Physics:
For their prediction of the Brout–Englert–Higgs boson: François Englert and Peter Higgs
For his discovery of iron-based superconductors: Hideo Hosono
For their discoveries of extrasolar planets: Geoffrey Marcy, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz
Physiology or medicine:
For their fundamental discoveries concerning DNA methylation: Adrian Bird, Howard Cedar and Aharon Razin
For elucidating the mechanisms and physiological function of autophagy: Daniel Klionsky, Noboru Mizushima and Yoshinori Ohsumi
For his pioneering research identifying the HER-2/neu oncogene, leading to more effective cancer therapy: Dennis Slamon
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Here are the leading contenders for the Nobel Peace Prize
Bashir Assad of Syria for statesmanship in dealing with Syria’s ethnic issues
Rouhani of Iran for concealing nuclear proliferation
Al Shebab of Somalia for stimulating economic development in Kenya
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Nobel organisation should rather think about withdrawing prizes awarded in the past especially in physics because of following recent developments in physics. Both, Newton & Einstein had rejected aether before introducing their laws & theories. Whereas aether has been shown to be existing and containing the secrets of light & time. Once aether is accepted space is again finite & absolute and filled up with aether, the electric dipoles, and it is aether through which forces of nature are transmitted as against the irrational action at a distance through fields without knowing the physicality of the fields, time is emergent & relative depending upon motion of the observer, and as humans perceive it, time is emergent and matter is not absolute but emergent. (This alternative paradigm reveals that there is very powerful God who has power on matter & time and everything existing in the finite space and existence of God is the prerequisite for the creation & existence of universe ).
In brief the scenario is as under
Aristotle:- Space- absolute & finite; time- absolute, matter-absolute, light/radiation- not properly known
Newton:- Space, time & matter same as Aristotle; light a wave-motion with corpuscular theory
Einstein:- Space- interconnected with time & emergent, Time-emergen & interconnected with space & relative, matter & Energy (light/radiation) is absolute & transmutable and light/radiation as wave-motion with no clue as to what is light/radiation physically.
Final state of existence:- Space-absolute & finite, time- emergent & relative depending on the motion of the observer/body with respect to aether at rest frame of reference, matter-emergent & finite, light/radiation- a electromagnetic disturbance of electric dipoles of aether creating a wave motion and all forces of nature being
electromagnetic forces which is being transmitted through aether, the electric dipoles.
Following is the list of my published scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals & sites where these articles are available
1. Experimental & Theoretical Evidences of Fallacy of Space-time Concept and Actual State of Existence of the Physical Universe
2. Foundation of Theory of Everything: Non-living Things & Living Things (Revised version on World Science Database, General Science Journal, Vixra and Academia.edu in my profile)
3.Michelson-Morley Experiment: A Misconceived & Misinterpreted Experiment
4. Energy Theory of Matter & Cosmology (Revised version on World Science Database, General Science Journal, Vixra and Academia.edu in
my profile)
5. ‘On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies’ by Albert Einstein is Based on Trickeries (www.elixirjournal.org Feb.2012)
6.Ultimate Proof of Energy Theory of Matter & Cosmology
7. Theory of Origin & Phenomenon of Life
These publications are available at the journal site of Indian Journal
of Science & Technology (a peer-reviewed journal) http://www.indjst.org
(March 2012,oct 2010, oct 2011,Aug 2010) and also on
http://www.gsjournal.net, http://www.worldsci.org, viXra, Intellectual Archives,
ResearchGate & Academia.edu in my profile.
On the basis of above-mentioned articles an open challenge has been put forward to the adopted paradigm of physics. The standing (till date) open challenge could seen at
https://www.worldsci.org/php/index.php?tab0=Abstracts&tab1=Display&id=6476&tab=2
and
https://www.gsjournal.net/Science-Journals/Essays/View/4018.